BILL NUMBER: ACR 155	CHAPTERED  06/13/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   80
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JUNE 13, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JUNE 12, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 4, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 4, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 2, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maddox
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner,
Ashburn, Baldwin, Baugh, Bock, Briggs, Cardenas, Cedillo, Corbett,
Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh,
Gallegos, Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg, Honda, House, Jackson,
Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox, Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Machado,
Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano, Oller,
Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero, Scott,
Shelley, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson, Thomson,
Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman,
Wright, and Zettel)

                        APRIL 10, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 155--Relative to the end of the
Vietnam War.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 155, Maddox.  End of Vietnam Conflict.
   This measure would commemorate the 25th anniversary of the end of
the Vietnam Conflict and the many extraordinary contributions to
American society made by Vietnamese-Americans, and would urge all
Californians to participate in appropriate observances of these
events.




   WHEREAS, The Vietnam Conflict ended 25 years ago on April 30,
1975; and
   WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese then fled the
newly imposed totalitarian government of Vietnam, leaving behind
their homes, their relatives, and their way of life; and
   WHEREAS, Many of these  freedom-seeking Vietnamese valiantly and
courageously fled the country often on unseaworthy watercraft; and
   WHEREAS, The United States of America fittingly allowed many
Vietnamese to immigrate to this country where they could start a new
life in a free country; and
   WHEREAS, Many of those who fled became citizens of the United
States and continue to work for freedom and democracy in the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam through patriotic organizations in
their adopted country; and
   WHEREAS, The Vietnamese-American community is engaging in a worthy
and noble project to construct a memorial in Orange County,
California, commemorating American and South Vietnamese soldiers who
have sacrificed their lives for the ideals of freedom and democracy
for the Vietnamese people; and
   WHEREAS, The Vietnamese-American community continues to make
significant contributions to the people of the State of California
and the United States of America in promoting democracy and freedom
here and around the world; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
commemorates the 25th anniversary of the end of the  Vietnam Conflict
and also commemorates the many extraordinary contributions to
American society made by Vietnamese-Americans, and urges all
Californians to participate in appropriate observances of these
events.
